I was sitting outside in my new chair
for the first time. It was a Valentine’s
Day slash birthday gift from my
sweetheart.
I wasted as much time as possible
because I could easily sit in this
lounge chair for hours on end.
I read my Kindle on my phone which
is a different book than on my
Kindle. A book I had forgotten I was
reading.
I opened a crossword. I closed the
crossword; my mind wasn’t up to it.
I was content that death may not
be coming today.
Which made me think as I listened
to the birds, a time is coming when
I won’t hear the birds anymore or
the piercing sound of the wind.
I am holding on to a thread of faith
that says God has the power to do
all that he has promised.
I wait eagerly for what lies ahead
even when my faith is too weak to
see anything but the sound of the
wind.
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I dreamed of writing during my teenage and college years, but my plans were put on hold in 1965 when I entered the Army. Somehow, a four year enlistment into the Army Security Agency turned into a career! While serving in the Army, my writing skills were honed in assignment after fascinating assignment, e.g., language analyst, basic training drill sergeant, small unit tactics (Cavalry) instructor, Pershing operations sergeant, to name a few. I served as a Vietnamese, Cambodian, and German linguist with tours in Vietnam, Thailand, and Germany. Over twenty years later, I retired from the military and continued to write full time for industry and the private sector.
I have returned to the passion of my youth to write the thoughts of my heart in excellent poetry and fiction. (See the Short Bio page for more backstory.)
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